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` i. NITED STATES `ATENT EEICE.`

, ARTHUR B. TAYL'OR, OE WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR To R. L. y

` vGOLBERT a COMPANY, NERSHIP.

OE WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A COPART- LAST.

i SIPEClIFIIIGATIONV forming part of Letters Batent No.709,42m5, dated $eptember 16, 1902.

" Appiicflnon nea Math 919.1992. sereine. 99,595.. (No mann 2b all wimpy-t nung/,concerns l y Beit known thatI,ARTHUR B. TAYLOR, `a citizen of `the UnitedStates,` residing at Worcester, county of Worcester, State OfMas- 5 sachusetts, `have invented an Improvement in Lasts, of-which'the following description, in connectionwith theaceompanying drawings, is a speciicatiomlike letters'on the drawings y representing like parts. Y to My invention is an improved last, and has for its object the strengthening and cheapening of the heel. part of a last. l l l .l t Very little strain' is brought upon the fore l lpart of a last, and very little diiculty is exx5 perienced anywhere in the last excepting at `the heel; but here the difficulties become com- H plex and manifold, as most of the crushing l pressures, twisting strains, and movements Which` tend `t'o break down, split, and spoil o the .last take place `at the` heel, and for the purpose of Obviatingthesedifcultiesa large number of special inventions have been de-` vised, including specialspindle-sockets` of various shapes, solid heel-castings or anvil- 5` heels,ltransverse stays, vertical dowels, dro.; .but theadditional Weight, cost, or inconveng ience of manufacture stands inthe Way of many ofthese. `Aceorlingly I have devised the hereinafterfdes'cribed last-heel for secu r` "in g the `requisite strength `and ability to.re

st vertical pressureswithout seriously increasing the"weight` of thje l last or the "diffilculty of its manufacture, my last being pracy .tically as `easy to manufacture astheold form of simple spindle-socket last, whileat the same*timehaving'the strength of the heavier" and more cumbersome kinds of lasts and the dded advantage f` carrying most` of' the weightand inserted materiallhigh up in the l heel, thereby preventing weakening of the base of the heel, andhavin g the further` ad-g vantageofleaving the external surface of the .wood smooth and uncut, Vthe inserted part having apressure-post oranvil-like wing en-` tirely inclosed in the heel and bearing on the `woodin a different 'planeorfata different `depthfrom-the thimble `or socket part of the insert. l d j The constructional detailsand further adi vantages `ofiny inventionwill be pointed out` in the cou rse of the followingdescription,ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings. d p

.In the drawings, Figure lis a fragmentary view of one form of last provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View` thereof, taken on line 2 2, Eig. l; and Fig. -3

shows the insert in side elevation.

It will be understood that the lastA may be of any kind and construction desired, a block-last being herein shown for convenience. Instead of providing the heel-part or `heel end of the last with a usual thimble or spindle-soeket I provide a casting (Shown in detail `in Fig. 3) comprising a hollow portion a of the usual kind required for receiving the supporting-spindle of thejack or other device which sustains the last when in use anda shorter stub partor impact-post b, joined integrally with the ,part a by a neck or web c, the casting in cross-section having a figure-8 appearance, as clearly Shown in Fig. '2; Preferably the anvil-Wing or impactpost b is solid, and in any case the bottom b thereof and the bottom ct of the socketpart are in different horizontal planes, and the hole in the last is bored to correspond,thereby providing for separate seatsor rests at dit? ferent depths in the wood of the last for receiving the impact of the blows which are brought upon `the upper end of the casting or inSert-piece.` The purposeof this constructionis to'distributfe the `crushingeffect in` other, and each ledge is of large area, consti-` y `tuting, in fact, flat bottom seats indifferent ICO . 9o planes of the grain of the Wood perpendicuy lar to the `direction `of thrust and blows but my invention resides in providing a sinl retaining the insert in the wood so that it cannot dropout because of rough usage or shrinkage of the wood.

I wish it nnderstoodthat I do not claim,

broadly, the provision of an inserted casting nor the provision of a thimble provided with a wing nor the retention'of the insert, as these various features taken 'separately are old;

gle insert or'casting wholly embedded in the heel and having its thimble portion and impact-post or an vil-'wing terminating in dierent horizontal planes, so as to bear on the Wood of the last transversely of the grain vthereof at Adifferent depths.

Besides the above statement of my inven-` tion I have defined the same, with various other restrictions, in the appended claims.

Having explained'lny invention, and without undertaking to enmerate all the changes which may be made/without departing therefrom, whatk I claim as new, and desire to sei cure by Letters' Patent, is-

' parallel planes.

l. Alasthavingembedded in its heel an insert composed of a spindle-socket and impact-postl formed in a single piece and terminating, respectively, at diierent depths with- `in the last, the bottoms-thereof resting on the solid Wood of the last at right angles to the length thereof in different and approximately 2. A last ha ving its heel portion provided with a Vsingle insertcomposed of two cylindrical parts of different lengths joined by a web part, the 'longer of'said parts being hollow to constitute a spindle-socket, and the bottoms of said cylindrical parts resting iiat upon the wood of the last in different horizontal planes. j

l 3. A last having its heel portionprovided with asingle insert composed of two cylin' 4drical parts of dierent lengths joined by a the latter surrounding the same integrally en all sides, presenting a smooth integral snr? face of wood to bear against the shoe, and the inserted parts affording an extended metal bearing-surface at the top of the heel and having extended bearings in dierent horizontal planes within said Vheel portion.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name tothis specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. MAXWELL, WILHELMINA C. HEUSER. 

